Calls for Papers

Texts, Contexts, and Subtexts: Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Her Time

Charlotte Perkins
Gilman Society CFP

28th Annual Conference

May 25-28, 2017

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s articles, letters, papers, and
library underscore a central quality of her diverse and prolific career: her
works were deeply engaged with the social and scientific milieus of her
time. An avid reader, enthusiastic
learner, and active member within her own intellectual communities, Gilman
often reached out to those whose work she admired – as well as to those whose
work she found lacking. Through her lectures, publications, and correspondence,
Gilman impacted a broad cross-section of scholarly and literary discourses.

This session invites papers that shed light on the
constellation of influences that spanned between Gilman and her intellectual
peers, predecessors, and descendants. The panel will gather a selection of
papers that help to widen our understanding not only of Gilman in her time, but
of the historical social, literary, and political movements that surrounded the
works and life of one of America’s most famous feminists. Submit 250 to
500-word abstracts and a CV, by December 1, 2016, to Brandi So, Stony Brook
University, at brandi.so@stonybrook.edu.